Gigabyte unveils latest Monster Graphics Accelerator for gaming

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 03 April 2008, 17:35 IST
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Mumbai: Gigabyte United, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today launched their new graphic accelerator, the GV-NX98X1GHI-B. Equipped with NVIDIA's latest dual on-board graphics processors, the GIGABYTE GV-NX98X1GHI-B features 1 GB GDDR3 memory and 256 stream processors to provide sophisticated 3D game rendering for an enhanced level of game play. GV-NX98X1GHI-B supports native High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for the highest level of graphics realism and film-quality multimedia effects. Integrated with unique Quad NVIDIA SLI? Technology, GIGABYTE GV-NX98X1GHI-B is able to offer amazing performance scaling by implementing 4-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering), for a fast gaming solution under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers. The GIGABYTE GV-NX98X1GHI-B also features NVIDIA's latest advanced technologies including GigaThread technology, which, through the use of a massively multi-threaded architecture, is able to create thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency for advanced, next generation shader programs. Additionally, the GIGABYTE GV-NX98X1GHI-B supports NVIDIA's Quantum Effects technology, enabling a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU. The Gigabyte GV-NX98X1GHI-B also features the Lumenex engine, which introduces 16x Anti-aliasing and 128-bit floating point High-Dynamic-Range (HDR), for ultra realistic rendering of lighting effects. Integrated with NVIDIA Extreme High Definition (XHD) for enhanced graphics resolution, the GIGABYTE GV-NX98X1GHI-B supports the latest video output interfaces, including Dual Dual-Link DVI, for the highest dual 2560X1600 screen resolution. Differing from past GPU generations, the NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 also features a dedicated on-chip video processor for superb picture quality and ultra smooth video playback. Gigabyte products are distributed in India by Avnet India, Ingram Micro, Redington, Sahara Computers and Electronics and Technology and Gadgets. Gigabyte GV-NX98X1GHI-B is priced at 39,900.